Structured light is attracting significant attention for its diverse applications in both classical and quantum optics. The so-called vector vortex beams display peculiar properties in both contexts due to the nontrivial correlations between optical polarization and orbital angular momentum. Here we demonstrate a new, flexible experimental approach to the classification of vortex vector beams. We first describe a platform for generating arbitrary complex vector vortex beams inspired to photonic quantum walks. We then exploit recent machine learning methods - namely, convolutional neural networks and principal component analysis - to recognize and classify specific polarization patterns. Our study demonstrates the significant advantages resulting from the use of machine learning-based protocols for the construction and characterization of high-dimensional resources for quantum protocols.
Machine Learning-Based Classification of Vector Vortex Beams / T. Giordani, A. Suprano, E. Polino, F. Acanfora, L. Innocenti, A. Ferraro, M. Paternostro, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 124:16(2020 Apr 20), pp. 160401.160401-1-160401.160401-7. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.160401]
Machine Learning-Based Classification of Vector Vortex Beams
A. Ferraro;
2020
Abstract
Structured light is attracting significant attention for its diverse applications in both classical and quantum optics. The so-called vector vortex beams display peculiar properties in both contexts due to the nontrivial correlations between optical polarization and orbital angular momentum. Here we demonstrate a new, flexible experimental approach to the classification of vortex vector beams. We first describe a platform for generating arbitrary complex vector vortex beams inspired to photonic quantum walks. We then exploit recent machine learning methods - namely, convolutional neural networks and principal component analysis - to recognize and classify specific polarization patterns. Our study demonstrates the significant advantages resulting from the use of machine learning-based protocols for the construction and characterization of high-dimensional resources for quantum protocols.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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